---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698991-22-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACEL"
cik: "0001698991"
company_name: "Accel Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T00:48:44.187050+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Accel Entertainment Q1 revenue $196.9M (+34% YoY); net income up 952% to $15.8M

## Summary
- Revenue $196.9M (+34% YoY), net income $15.8M (+952% YoY), adjusted EBITDA $35.2M (+37% YoY).
- Ended Q1 with 2,565 locations (+4% YoY) and 13,663 VGTs (+7% YoY); net debt $147M (-22% YoY).
- Repurchased $14M of Class A-1 common stock in Q1 2022.
- Acquisition of Century Gaming on track to close at end of May 2022.
- Illinois Gaming Board's 72-hour rule enforcement caused removal from 30 locations with 150 VGTs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698991-22-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACEL
- cik: 0001698991
- company_name: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899122000016/0001698991-22-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899122000016/acel-20220504.htm

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